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Old 23rd June 2007, 07:08
Meyer1 Meyer1 is offline
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Re: Messerschmitt 109 Design Problems

Hi kaki3152, I think you are overestimating the speed lost due to the gondolas. Here's a test of a 109 with Mk108 gondolas, only 6 km/h speed loss is reported:

http://kurfurst.allaboutwarfare.com/...08gondies.html

Since also inner guns would result in increased wing drag, I would say that the variation between gondolas/integrated should be negligible.

The weight is really the issue here.

In fact, I would say that, in the 109 case, the gondolas is a better solution, allowing more flexibility
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